A system to remind a user of calls he should make, to prevent protracted negligence, comprises a telephone service server that generates a call-to-make reminder page based on the urgency of reminder identified by multiplying a non-contact period from the last call made to the person to contact as derived from communication logs by the level of necessity to maintain a close relationship as derived from profiles of the person to contact; and a user's telephone 12a equipped with a display unit to show the call-to-make reminder.
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1. A call-to-make reminder system comprising: (a) a telephone service server connected directly or indirectly to a network and equipped with a memory to store a user's communication logs and pre-registered profiles of persons to contact and an operating device to generate a call-to-make reminder page based on the urgency of reminder computed by multiplying (1) a non-contact period from the last call made to the person to contact as derived from said communication logs by (2) a level of necessity to maintain a close relationship as derived from said profiles of persons to contact; and (b) a telephone connected directly or indirectly to said network and equipped with a display unit to show said call-to-make reminder page.
2. A call-to-make reminder system comprising: a telephone service server in communication with a network, said telephone service server having a memory for storing communication logs and contact person profiles, and having a means for generating call-to-make reminders computed from data stored in said communication logs and contact person profiles; and means for displaying said computed call-to-make reminders in communication with the network.
3. A call-to-make reminder system as in claim 2 wherein said displaying means comprises a telephone.
4. A method for generating call-to-make reminders, comprising; providing a telephone service server having a memory and an operating device; connecting the telephone service server to a network; storing communication logs in the memory; storing profiles of persons to contact in the memory; connecting a telephone to the network, the telephone having a display; computing a call-to-make reminder based on information stored in the communication log and profiles; and transmitting the computed call-to-make reminder though the network to the telephone display.
5. A method as in claim 4 , wherein the profile comprises a level of necessity to maintain a close relationship for each contact person, and the step of computing comprises determining a non-contact period from the last call made to a selected person and multiplying the non-contact period by the level of necessity to maintain a close relationship for said selected person.
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April 9, 2003
December 26, 2006
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